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久病成良醫

简久病成良医 · 繁久病成良醫

Mandarin · pinyin jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī

long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

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久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
病: bìng · illness, sickness, disease
成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
良: liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
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医: yī · cure, heal; doctor, medical

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3–4–2–2–1 · jiu3 bing4 cheng2 liang2 yi1

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